Improvement in sorghum-strippers



D. H. NICHOLS.

Cane-Stripper.

No. 57.557 Patented Aug. 28, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. NICHOLS, OF NEW RICHMOND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN SORGHUM-STRIPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,557, dated August28, 1866.

F0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID E. NroHoLs, of New Richmond, in Olermontcounty and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSorghum-Strippers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, through letters of reference marked thereon,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents afront elevation of my apparatus, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section of thesame, taken on the line as w of Fig. 1.

The same letters of reference, occurring on both figures, indicatecorresponding parts.

This invention consists in a novel construction of a stripper of greatsimplicity and consequent cheapness, and which can be adapted to anyordinary sorghum-mill at a trifling cost.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will describe its construction and operation by referring to thedrawings.

A represents the frame-work of my apparatus, which is erected in frontof any ordinary sorghum-mill in a vertical position and parallel withthe crushing-rollers. On theinner side of this frame-work is attached aplate, B, of sheet-iron or other suitable material, covering the entireframe, which plate is provided with a series of apertures, c, circularinform, and are arranged .one above another in two rows, one on eachside of a vertical central bar, D, dividing the frame. On theinner sideof this plate B are horizontal bars E between each pair of holes orapertures c, and above and below the top and bottom pairs, which formgrooves for the reception of the sliding plates F, the inner ends ofwhich are made semicircularly concave, so that when they are forced backto their fullest extent their edges will correspond with the outer edgesof the apertures c, and when partially closed the openings will be ofelliptical form, as represented in Fig. 1. The outer ends of said slidesare narrowed to about one-third of their width, and are bent at rightangles to their face, passing through apertures or slots sin the plate13, as represented at c.

On the side of the frame A, and in range horizontally with the centersof the apertures o, are arranged a series of springs, 11, which are eachattached to the frame, and each operate against the bent tailpiece c ofone of the slides F, to force them inward and thus contract theapertures c.

The operation of the machine will be as follows: The-stripper beingerected in front of the mill an d suitably supported, the small ends ofthe cane are inserted in the apertures c, and are immediately seized bythe rollers of the mill and drawn through, and as the thicker portionsof the cane pass the apertures the slides F are forced back, thusallowing space for them to pass without cutting or scaling the cane,while the leaves, being of a brittle nature, will be stripped oil" bythe edges of the aperture as the cane passes through.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the sliding plates F, stationary plate B, providedwith apertures c, and the springs 01, the whole being constructed,arranged, and operating substantially as herein set forth, for thepurpose specified.

DAVID H. NICHOLS. Attest:

P. J. NroHoLs, J. W. MOREHEAD.

